Encounters at the End of the World

Off the map, things get strange.

A meditative, visually transcendent documentary that uses Antarctica's extreme landscape and its devoted researchers to explore human purpose, isolation, and our relationship with the natural world.

Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.